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Google changes definition of ‘top ads’

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Google updated its definition of top ads in its Help Center to better reflect how ads can appear in Google Search A spokesperson told Search Engine Land that this just a “definitional change” and that it would not affect how performance metrics are calculated. Get the daily newsletter search marketers rely on.

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Google Analytics 4 addresses Google Ads report discrepancies with conversion update

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Google Analytics is shifting from tracking conversions to using “key events” for behavioral analytics, aligning its definition with Google Ads platforms. Additionally, the Advertising workspace in GA4 will introduce new cross-channel conversion performance reporting, extending beyond Google Ads. What’s changing?

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Marketing giant ‘admits it listens to your conversations to sell targeted ads’

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marketing company Cox Media Group (CMG) has reportedly admitted to monitoring conversations for the purpose of targeted advertising. The agency has coined this capability “Active Listening” and has been actively pitching this service it to advertisers, showcasing the feature on its website, reports 404. Leading U.S.

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Marketing giant ‘admits it listens to your conversations to sell targeted ads’

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marketing company Cox Media Group (CMG) has reportedly admitted to monitoring conversations for targeted advertising. The agency has coined this capability “Active Listening” and has been actively pitching this service to advertisers, showcasing the feature on its website, reports 404. Leading U.S. ” Why we care.

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Goodbye to cookies: Digital advertising’s leap in the dark

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It’s been one step forward, two steps back all the way for Google’s Privacy Sandbox, the initiative intended to devise new and privacy-compliant ways for digital advertising to operate on the open internet. Why aren’t marketers prepared yet? Marketers have other priorities — that’s perhaps an understatement.

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Google’s Privacy Sandbox: What you need to know

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In short, Privacy Sandbox is an attempt to fill in the many gaps that will open up in the advertising ecosystem when third-party cookies are deprecated in the Chrome browser. Overall, the report appears to ignore the broader objective of Privacy Sandbox to enhance user privacy while supporting effective digital advertising.”

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Here’s why PPC now looks more like paid social and what it means

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One of the great tragedies of the digital marketing world is that “ PPC ” folks and “paid social” folks don’t see themselves at the same marketing table – even as ad networks push them closer and closer. Advertisers who are “Google-first” or “Meta-first” tend to struggle to make the leap to the alternate platform.